160 
Commenting on these observations, Mr. W. Y. Fitzgerald ( Journ., Mueller, 
Bot. Soc. IF. A., i, 60) remarks :— 
The Eastern Gold fields’ form of this species has been recently described as a distinct species, under 
the name of //. suberea, by Moore. Having examined specimens of the typical II. lorea aud compared 
them with the Gold-fields plant, I failed to observe any combination of characters of sufficient importance 
to justify the creation of a new species. 
There the matter must remain for the present. I have one of Helms’ 
Everard Eange specimens, hut it is leaf only. 1 cannot, however, see any difference 
between it and leaves of the same species from the Eastern States. 
I shall be glad if correspondents in Western Australia will collect flowering 
and fruiting specimens of such “ Cork-trees ” and “ Cork-woods ” as have foliage 
similar or nearly similar to that of Plate 183, and then we shall see whether the 
foundation of HaJ<ea suberea is justified or not. 
Variety fissifolia, F.v.M. 
The leaves are sometimes once or twice forked or trifid (as pointed out by 
Bentham), the prongs of the forks being 1 or inch or so long. This gives the 
foliage a very different appearance from that of the type in which the foliage is 
simple and very long. Mueller ( Fragm . vi, 190) suggests the name fissifolia for 
this form, and draws attention to its resemblance to II. purpurea, Hook., which is 
certainly apt. 
Botanical Name. — Ilakea, already explained (see Part XLYI, p. 106) ; 
lorea, Latin, made of leather thongs, in allusion to the thong-like leaves. 
Vernacular Name. —“ Cork tree ” is a common name, owing to the fissured, 
corky appearance of the bark. There are, however, several trees in New South 
AYalcs which go by this name, and therefore I have called this particular one “ A 
"Western Cork-tree ” (i e , in contradistinction to the coastal New South Wales ones). 
Aboriginal Name. — I know of none to be attributed to this with certainty, 
but it is simply impossible for the aborigines to have avoided knowing the tree and 
giving it a name. 
Synonym. — Greeillea lorea, B.Br., in Trans. Linn. Soc., x. 177; Trod. 3S0. 
Leaves. — I have already drawn attention to the leaves under the variety 
fissifolia. Mitchell likened them to those of the She-Oaks ( Casuarina ), but they 
are not jointed. They have a drooping habit. 
Flowers.— The flowers of all Proteaceae contain more or less honey, but 
those of this species contain it abundantly. Writing from the Grey Bange, New 
South Wales, Mr. Baenerlen reported “ Flowers rich in a brown sticky treacle.” 
